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Anyway, no problems with the wording on the nose art. Though I say it myself, that doesn't look far out. http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/wp-content/groupimages/gallery/339g/6n-j1.jpg The last major painting job is the chequered nose band, and I'm going to rest it a day of three before tackling that. Thanks for all the kind words and encouragement so far.

Thanks Max. You're so right, there are so many masterpieces on the fora and at shows, and very few people seem to admit they've had a problem or two. I suspect that's not mere vanity, but a natural feeling that one's probably the only person who has had such problems (that way lies discouragement), and a hope that no-one notices; or perhaps not wanting to bore people with "rookie" mistakes.

This is a great thread Mike! It’s so easy to get the impression with a finished model that all went supremely, faultlessly well. I’ve never achieved it, and I applaud you for showing the common “whoopsies” that can occur during the masking/painting process. Max

Nice work, Mike! Touch-ups are inevitable, I guess, but it's looking very good! Kev

Some more progress: slow but steady, and occasionally some negative progress. The learning point from this is that when masking with lots of tape, make sure the boundaries between pieces of tape are complete, the tape is overlapped and fully stuck down. Next learning point: the bomb/tank racks remained natural metal so I should've left them off until after painting. And I thought that after 50+ years I was starting to get the hang of this modelling lark! A few scratches on the "6" to sort out! So I sorted that lot out, and painted the bits of the flap that hide under the wing skin when they're up, and after letting it all cure, masked up for the insignia blue. Then painted that, and did the first part of the nose art.